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Policy debate budget
The policy debate this year's budget falls within a general context equally difficult than last year.
The crisis of the capitalist economy continues to weigh on economic life, with a precarious the job is increasing and the number of unemployed in October 2010 was around 4 million .
More and more families and not just the unemployed workers, but also employees, retirees can no longer ensure their basic needs - shelter, food and clothing. And just sometimes the unexpected (an expenditure of health for example) that these families are in the spiral of debt.
The policy at the summit of the state only aggravates this situation. And this is not true in France. Nothing at the level of the European Union, all governments and it must be said, whatever their political stripe, led austerity policies by charging classes popular gifts to help officials of the crisis, banks, major groups industrial and financial.
All this can seem far removed from the fiscal policy debate, but it is not. Because finances are heavily dependent common in the general economy and also political decisions taken by the state.
Let's start with revenue. Overall, revenues from local are down, especially the part that sits on economic activity. Either they are diminished by gifts to bosses, such as the removal of business tax, or they are automatically reduced by the decrease of the activity, business closures, for example.
More specifically, the Government confirmed in September 2010 the freezing of allocations the state to municipalities in 2011 and for the next three years. This concerns in particular the DGF (Total prize money of operation). As for allocations from the Greater Lyon, removal of business tax also makes them uncertain.
Now the state grants and urban community represent 65% of revenues functioning of the municipality.
As for needs, be it in social action, education, they did not decrease ued, quite the contrary. And it is important to give everyone the best chance of escape. It should also be able to create new equipment that the town needs.
In the case of Saint Fons, the fiscal situation is made more difficult by the weight of debt. The situation is even more problematic that 85% of loans taken before 2008 are variable rate. And among them, some so-called "toxic", whose interest rates can "Explode" at any time . With a total debt of 26 million euros, three million are that the city must repay every year to banks, representing 10% of the operating budget.
And those 3 million is 1 million interest annually, which will fatten the banks! It much money could be used to develop more services to the population. Despite these constraints, the municipal majority chose not to increase the rate taxation, not to exacerbate the difficulties faced by many inhabitants of the town. We even passed a special allowance of 10% Tax housing for people with disabilities.
In this situation where revenues are uncertain and needs increase, we are agree with the choices made to maintain the supply of services to the population, without increasing rates.
Let me conclude with a number: 30 million euros. It about the budget operating the town, to meet the needs of a population is also amount of the rebate made by the tax to Ms. Bettencourt, under the tax shield. This speaks for itself!
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